United States Payroll Employment for the Manufacturing Industry (Seas Adj.)
Updated on April 11, 2023.

According to recent data from the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, in March 2023, the United State's seasonally adjusted manufacturing payroll employment was 12,983,000; this means that the United States lost 1,000 jobs in the manufacturing industry in the month of March 2023. You can see the not seasonally adjusted version of this information at this link.

The charts and table below shows the United State's seasonally adjusted historical manufacturing payroll employment and number of jobs added from January 2002 to March 2023.

You can also see links at the bottom of this page for similar data for a selected group of industries and links for many more industries at this link.

U.S. Payroll Employment for the Manufacturing Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Number of Jobs Added to the Manufacturing Industry (Seas Adj.)
U.S. Payroll Employment for the Manufacturing Industry (Seas Adj.)
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Month Number of Payrolls Jobs Added
January 2002 15587000
February 2002 15515000 -72000
March 2002 15443000 -72000
April 2002 15392000 -51000
May 2002 15337000 -55000
June 2002 15298000 -39000
July 2002 15256000 -42000
August 2002 15171000 -85000
September 2002 15119000 -52000
October 2002 15060000 -59000
November 2002 14992000 -68000
December 2002 14912000 -80000
January 2003 14866000 -46000
February 2003 14781000 -85000
March 2003 14721000 -60000
April 2003 14609000 -112000
May 2003 14557000 -52000
June 2003 14493000 -64000
July 2003 14402000 -91000
August 2003 14376000 -26000
September 2003 14347000 -29000
October 2003 14334000 -13000
November 2003 14316000 -18000
December 2003 14300000 -16000
January 2004 14290000 -10000
February 2004 14279000 -11000
March 2004 14287000 8000
April 2004 14315000 28000
May 2004 14342000 27000
June 2004 14332000 -10000
July 2004 14330000 -2000
August 2004 14345000 15000
September 2004 14331000 -14000
October 2004 14332000 1000
November 2004 14307000 -25000
December 2004 14287000 -20000
January 2005 14257000 -30000
February 2005 14273000 16000
March 2005 14269000 -4000
April 2005 14250000 -19000
May 2005 14256000 6000
June 2005 14227000 -29000
July 2005 14226000 -1000
August 2005 14203000 -23000
September 2005 14175000 -28000
October 2005 14192000 17000
November 2005 14187000 -5000
December 2005 14193000 6000
January 2006 14210000 17000
February 2006 14209000 -1000
March 2006 14214000 5000
April 2006 14226000 12000
May 2006 14203000 -23000
June 2006 14213000 10000
July 2006 14188000 -25000
August 2006 14159000 -29000
September 2006 14125000 -34000
October 2006 14075000 -50000
November 2006 14041000 -34000
December 2006 14015000 -26000
January 2007 14008000 -7000
February 2007 13997000 -11000
March 2007 13970000 -27000
April 2007 13945000 -25000
May 2007 13929000 -16000
June 2007 13911000 -18000
July 2007 13889000 -22000
August 2007 13828000 -61000
September 2007 13790000 -38000
October 2007 13764000 -26000
November 2007 13757000 -7000
December 2007 13746000 -11000
January 2008 13725000 -21000
February 2008 13696000 -29000
March 2008 13659000 -37000
April 2008 13599000 -60000
May 2008 13564000 -35000
June 2008 13504000 -60000
July 2008 13430000 -74000
August 2008 13358000 -72000
September 2008 13275000 -83000
October 2008 13147000 -128000
November 2008 13034000 -113000
December 2008 12850000 -184000
January 2009 12561000 -289000
February 2009 12380000 -181000
March 2009 12208000 -172000
April 2009 12030000 -178000
May 2009 11862000 -168000
June 2009 11726000 -136000
July 2009 11668000 -58000
August 2009 11626000 -42000
September 2009 11591000 -35000
October 2009 11538000 -53000
November 2009 11509000 -29000
December 2009 11475000 -34000
January 2010 11460000 -15000
February 2010 11453000 -7000
March 2010 11453000 0
April 2010 11489000 36000
May 2010 11525000 36000
June 2010 11545000 20000
July 2010 11561000 16000
August 2010 11553000 -8000
September 2010 11563000 10000
October 2010 11562000 -1000
November 2010 11585000 23000
December 2010 11595000 10000
January 2011 11621000 26000
February 2011 11654000 33000
March 2011 11675000 21000
April 2011 11704000 29000
May 2011 11713000 9000
June 2011 11727000 14000
July 2011 11746000 19000
August 2011 11764000 18000
September 2011 11769000 5000
October 2011 11780000 11000
November 2011 11770000 -10000
December 2011 11802000 32000
January 2012 11838000 36000
February 2012 11860000 22000
March 2012 11898000 38000
April 2012 11916000 18000
May 2012 11927000 11000
June 2012 11936000 9000
July 2012 11964000 28000
August 2012 11960000 -4000
September 2012 11954000 -6000
October 2012 11961000 7000
November 2012 11950000 -11000
December 2012 11960000 10000
January 2013 11983000 23000
February 2013 11996000 13000
March 2013 11999000 3000
April 2013 12000000 1000
May 2013 12000000 0
June 2013 12004000 4000
July 2013 11984000 -20000
August 2013 12014000 30000
September 2013 12032000 18000
October 2013 12056000 24000
November 2013 12079000 23000
December 2013 12083000 4000
January 2014 12081000 -2000
February 2014 12106000 25000
March 2014 12120000 14000
April 2014 12134000 14000
May 2014 12146000 12000
June 2014 12170000 24000
July 2014 12189000 19000
August 2014 12208000 19000
September 2014 12226000 18000
October 2014 12259000 33000
November 2014 12284000 25000
December 2014 12292000 8000
January 2015 12292000 0
February 2015 12301000 9000
March 2015 12312000 11000
April 2015 12318000 6000
May 2015 12333000 15000
June 2015 12334000 1000
July 2015 12349000 15000
August 2015 12345000 -4000
September 2015 12354000 9000
October 2015 12362000 8000
November 2015 12357000 -5000
December 2015 12362000 5000
January 2016 12383000 21000
February 2016 12365000 -18000
March 2016 12342000 -23000
April 2016 12353000 11000
May 2016 12332000 -21000
June 2016 12350000 18000
July 2016 12372000 22000
August 2016 12348000 -24000
September 2016 12347000 -1000
October 2016 12345000 -2000
November 2016 12342000 -3000
December 2016 12355000 13000
January 2017 12366000 11000
February 2017 12380000 14000
March 2017 12393000 13000
April 2017 12400000 7000
May 2017 12409000 9000
June 2017 12422000 13000
July 2017 12423000 1000
August 2017 12467000 44000
September 2017 12477000 10000
October 2017 12490000 13000
November 2017 12505000 15000
December 2017 12533000 28000
January 2018 12561000 28000
February 2018 12584000 23000
March 2018 12610000 26000
April 2018 12631000 21000
May 2018 12657000 26000
June 2018 12691000 34000
July 2018 12711000 20000
August 2018 12725000 14000
September 2018 12744000 19000
October 2018 12767000 23000
November 2018 12777000 10000
December 2018 12796000 19000
January 2019 12833000 37000
February 2019 12822000 -11000
March 2019 12822000 0
April 2019 12820000 -2000
May 2019 12815000 -5000
June 2019 12820000 5000
July 2019 12826000 6000
August 2019 12825000 -1000
September 2019 12823000 -2000
October 2019 12772000 -51000
November 2019 12815000 43000
December 2019 12801000 -14000
January 2020 12790000 -11000
February 2020 12785000 -5000
March 2020 12720000 -65000
April 2020 11414000 -1306000
May 2020 11646000 232000
June 2020 11977000 331000
July 2020 12018000 41000
August 2020 12044000 26000
September 2020 12101000 57000
October 2020 12125000 24000
November 2020 12159000 34000
December 2020 12199000 40000
January 2021 12196000 -3000
February 2021 12222000 26000
March 2021 12270000 48000
April 2021 12228000 -42000
May 2021 12259000 31000
June 2021 12276000 17000
July 2021 12349000 73000
August 2021 12395000 46000
September 2021 12437000 42000
October 2021 12496000 59000
November 2021 12540000 44000
December 2021 12584000 44000
January 2022 12617000 33000
February 2022 12654000 37000
March 2022 12716000 62000
April 2022 12768000 52000
May 2022 12789000 21000
June 2022 12819000 30000
July 2022 12860000 41000
August 2022 12891000 31000
September 2022 12917000 26000
October 2022 12954000 37000
November 2022 12968000 14000
December 2022 12974000 6000
January 2023 12985000 11000
February 2023 12984000 -1000
March 2023 12983000 -1000

United States Payroll Employment for Different Industries (Seas Adj.)

Use the links below to see the seasonally adjusted payroll employment and number of jobs added for the following selected U.S. industries. You can also see the seasonally adjusted U.S. payroll employment for many more industries at this link.